NONLINEAR BENDING OF CORRUGATED DIAPHRAGM WITH LARGE BOUNDARY CORRUGATION UNDER COMPOUND LOAD

By using the simplified Reissner's equation of axisymmetric shells of revolution, the nonlinear bending of a corrugated annular plate with a large boundary corrugation and a nondeformable rigid body at the center under compound load are investigated. The nonlinear boundary value problem of the corrugated diaphragm reduces to the nonlinear integral equations by applying the method of Green's function. To solve the integral equations, a so_called interpolated parameter important to prevent divergence is introduced into the iterative format. Computation shows that when loads are small, any value of interpolated parameter can assure the convergence of iteration. Interpolated parameter equal or almost equal to 1 yields a faster convergence rate; when loads are large, interpolated parameter cannot be taken too large in order to assure convergence. The characteristic curves of the corrugated diaphragm for different load combinations are given. The obtained characteristic curves are available for reference to design. It can be concluded that the deflection is larger when the diaphragm is acted by both uniform load and concentrated load than when it is acted only by uniform load. The solution method can be applied to corrugated shells of arbitrary diametral sections.

NONLINEAR BENDING OF SIMPLY SUPPORTED SYMMETRIC LAMINATED CROSS-PLY RECTANGULAR PLATES

Based on the von Karman-type theory of plates, nonlinear bending problems of simply supported symmetric laminated cross-ply rectangular plates under the combined action of pressure and inplane load are investigated in this paper. The solution which satisfies the governing equations and boundary conditions is obtained by using the double Fourier series method.

NONLINEAR BENDINGS FOR THE ORTHOTROPIC RECTANGULAR THIN PLATES UNDER VARIOUS SUPPORTS

In this paper, the nonlinear bandings for the orthotropic rectangular thin plates under various supports are studied.The uniformly valid asymptotic solutions of the displacement ? and stress function φ are derived by the perturbation offered in [1].

THE PROBLEMS OF NONLINEAR BENDING FOR ORTHOTROPIC RECTANGULAR PLATE WITH FOUR CLAMPED EDGES

In this paper,under the non-uniformtransverse load,the problems of nonlinear bending for orthotropic rectangular plate are studied by using'the method of twovariable'[1]and 'the method of mixing perturbation'[2].The uniformly valid asymptotic solutions of Nth-order for ε1 and Mth-order for ε2 for ortholropic rectangular plale with four clamped edges are oblained.

Nonlinear Bending of FCC Nanoplates Based on a Quasi-Continuum Model

A quasi-continuum model of plate-type nanomaterials with the face-centered cubic crystal structures is proposed in this paper.The fundamental governing equations for the nonlinear bending of the nanoplates are given by using the principle of minimum potential energy.Specifically,the analytical solution is derived for cylindrical bending deformation of the structure under uniform transverse loading fixed at two sides based on the modified iterative method.A lattice finite element model is established to verify the present quasi-continuum model.Meanwhile,the corresponding solution by adopting the classical continuous plate theory is presented,in which two cases are considered for use of bulk values(limit values)and nanovalues of both elastic modulus and Poisson's ratio.The difference among the quasi-continuum and continuous models are discussed by computation.

Nonlinear Bending Analysis of Functionally Graded CNT-Reinforced Shallow Arches Placed on Elastic Foundations

This research explores the nonlinear bending behaviors of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced(FG-CNTR)shallow arches with unmovable simply supported ends and clarnped-clamped ends;these arches are subjected to a uniform radial pressure and rest on a nonlinear elastic foundation.The temperature-dependent material properties of the arches are considered.Within the framework of Reddy shear deformation theory possessing von Karman nonlinearity,the motion equations and boundary conditions for the FG-CNTR arches are determined by the Euler-Lagrange variational principle.Then,a two-step perturbation technique is adopted to determine the load-deflection relationship analytically.To verify the validity of the developed model and related perturbation solutions,a numerical investigation is conducted for shallow arches with five distribution patterns of carbon nanotube(CNT)reinforcements uniaxially aligned in the axial direction.Finally,the influences of various factors,including the elastic foundation,layout type,and volume fraction of CNTs and geometric factors,on the nonlinear behaviors of FG-CNTR shallow arches are examined.The obtained results show that the load deflection curves exhibit less snap-through instability as the CNT volume fraction increases.The transverse shear stress versus the thickness of FG-CNTR shallow arches is markedly affected by the layout type and content of reinforcements.

BASIC EQUATIONS OF THE PROBLEM OF THE NONLINEAR UNSYMMETRICAL BENDING FOR ORTHOTROPIC RECTANGULAR THIN PLATE WITH VARIABLE THICKNESS

Under the case of ignoring the body forces and considering components caused by diversion of membrane in vertical direction (z-direction),the constitutive equations of the problem of the nonlinear unsymmetrical bending for orthotropic rectangular thin plate with variable thickness are given;then introducing the dimensionless variables and three small parameters,the dimensionaless governing equations of the deflection function and stress function are given.

UNIFORMLY VALID ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS OF THE NONLINEAR UNSYMMETRICAL BENDING FOR ORTHOTROPIC RECTANGULAR THIN PLATE OF FOUR CLAMPED EDGES WITH VARIABLE THICKNESS

By using “the method of modified two-variable”,“the method of mixing perturbation” and introducing four small parameters,the problem of the nonlinear unsymmetrical bending for orthotropic rectangular thin plate with linear variable thickness is studied.And the uniformly valid asymptotic solution of Nth-order for ε_1 and Mth-order for ε_2 of the deflection functions and stress function are obtained.

Nonlinear thermo-structural behavior of sandwich panels with truss cores under through-thickness gradient temperature field

A theoretical analysis is presented to predict the nonlinear thermo-structural response of metallicsandwich panels with truss cores under through-thickness gradient temperature field, which is acommon service condition for metallic thermal protection system （TPS）. The in-planetemperature distribution is assumed to be uniform, and through-thickness temperature field isdetermined by heat conduction. Two typical conditions are analyzed： nonlinear thermal bendingin fixed inside surface temperature, and thermal post-buckling in fixed temperature differencebetween two surfaces. Temperature-dependent mechanical properties are considered, andgradient shear stiffness and bending stiffness due to non-uniform temperature is included. Resultsindicate that the temperature-dependent material properties obviously affect bending resistance;however, the effect is negligible on post-buckling behavior. Influences of geometric parameters onthe thermo-structural behavior of the sandwich panel according to the present theoretical modelare discussed.

METHOD OF GREEN’S FUNCTION OF CORRUGATED SHELLS

By using the fundamental equations of axisymmetric shallow shells of revolution, the nonlinear bending of a shallow corrugated shell with taper under arbitrary load has been investigated. The nonlinear boundary value problem of the corrugated shell was reduced to the nonlinear integral equations by using the method of Green＇s function. To solve the integral equations, expansion method was used to obtain Green＇s function. Then the integral equations were reduced to the form with degenerate core by expanding Green＇s function as series of characteristic function. Therefore, the integral equations become nonlinear algebraic equations. Newton＇ s iterative method was utilized to solve the nonlinear algebraic equations. To guarantee the convergence of the iterative method, deflection at center was taken as control parameter. Corresponding loads were obtained by increasing deflection one by one. As a numerical example,elastic characteristic of shallow corrugated shells with spherical taper was studied.Calculation results show that characteristic of corrugated shells changes remarkably. The snapping instability which is analogous to shallow spherical shells occurs with increasing load if the taper is relatively large. The solution is close to the experimental results.

EFFECT OF TRANSVERSE SHEAR ON FINITE DEFORMATION OF GENERALLY LAMINATED SHALLOW SHELL WITH DOUBLE CURVATURE

Nonlinear equations of equilibrium for the titled shell of rectangular planform under transverse and inplane edge loads are derived by using the virtual work principle and expressed in terms of a stress function,the transverse displacement and two rotation functions.The sheU is elastically re- strained against rotation.A generalized double Fourier series solution is formulated for nonlinear bending of the shell.The Galerkin technique furnishes an infinite set of simultaneous nonlinear alge- braic equations for the above four variables,which can be truncated to obtain any desired degree of ac- curacy.Numerical results for antisymmetrically laminated angle-ply and cross-ply graphite-epoxy doubly curved panels are presented graphically for the transverse shear effect and various shell parame- ters and boundary conditions.The present results are also compared with available data.